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Gospel-love, heart-purity, and the flourishing of the righteous being the last sermon of the…
Gospel-love, heart-purity, and the flourishing of the righteous being the last sermon of the late reverend Mr. Joseph Caryl.
London : Printed and are to be sold by John Hancock Senior and Junior, 1675
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Who the Righteous are, I shall not stay to speak of at large.
They are such as are righteous in their state, being in the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
And they are such as are righteous in their course, and in their ⟨p. 89⟩life, walking answerably to such a state.
These Righteous ones shall flourish. They shall not only Live and Continue, but they shall have a flourishing life. David saith, Mine enemies live, and are mighty. 'Tis true, they do so for a time, many times. The Righteous live, and they have a mightiness too. For they flourish.
And how do they flourish? Not as the Grass, but as the Palm-tree.